Reinforced structure.



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REINFORCED STRUCTURE.

APPLIOATIOI rum) IA]. 8, 1908.

901,551. Patented 0011.20, 1908.

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BEDCFOBOED STRUCTURE.

Specification oi Letterl Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application 11106. January 8, 1908. Serial No. 409,748.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. Noa'rox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vincennes, in the county of Knox and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforced Structures,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in reinforced concrete :0 structures and it has for its object the roduction of a structure of this character w 'ch will be chea to manufacture, and particularly adapte for the purposes for which it is designed.

Referring to the drawings wherein I show one form of my invention and wherein the same part is designated by the same reference numeralwherever it occurs Figure 1 is an elevation of one embodiment of my invention; F' 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; 3 is a perspective view of the preferred orm of reinforc' bar; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of another orm of weight, sho the employment of two reinforcing bars' ig. 5 is a sunilar view showing st' another form of weight.

1' designates the reinforcing bar provided with openings 2 therethrough. These openings may be of any desired shape and in the form shown they are the openings left by punching out the blanks by a chain making machine, so that the reinforcing bar is nothing more than a bar of scrap metal. i

3 designates the body of the structure 85 which is preferably formed of a mixture of gap gr steel scales or gPd s, or a mixture I containing 0 iron an steel scales, or emders, with I mg been previous y pulverized."

have shown myinvention as applied to the manufacture of sash weights as one of the many uses to which the same may be put,

and when so used the bar of scrap is so cut to form the reinforcing bar that at one end,

the rforation is left as shown at the top of 1g. 1. This bar is then preferably supported in a mold and the mixture of cement and scale tamped around the same, leaving the perforation 2 at the end of the bar exposed as shown. By this means the cement mixture is caused to extend through the perforation in the bar 1, so that when the mixture has hardened the bar is firmly embedded and a strong and durable weight 18 produced.

The perforation 2 which is left exposed forms a loo by means of which the cord may be attac ed.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I show other forms of my structure. In Fig. 4 reinforcing bars are shown as placed at an angle to each other with their outer ends brought to ether so that the o ening1 2 in the ends of t ese bars coincide, t roug which the suspendin cord or chain ma be passed. In Fig. 5 I s ow a round or be -sh aped weight in which but a sin le reinforcing bar is used.

rom the foregoing description it will be understood that while I have described my invention as applied to the manufacture of weights, the same is not to be limited to such construction, as it may be used for the production ofany reinforoed structure that may be desired.

While I have described what I believe to be the preferred form of my invention I desire to have it understood that many changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangements of parts Without departing from the spirit thereo What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An article of manufacture, a reinforced structure made from a cement mixture molded to the desired form and having embedded therein a barextending substantially through said structure, said bar bein provided with perforations throughout its ength through which perforations the cement mixture extends whereby the bar is keyed in place and havin one of said perforations extending bcyondt e end of the structure and adapted to receive a suspending cord.

2. An article of manufacture, a reinforced structure made from a mixture of steel or iron scales and a binder molded to the de- 96 sired form and having embedded therein a perforated bar through the openin s inwhich the material extends, whereby sai bar is keyed in place, and having one of said erforations extending beyond the end of t e structure 100 and adapted to receive a suspending cord.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL w. NORTON.

Witnesses:

' W. A. Comm,

0 M. Grnmonn.

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